Over ten years ago, a group of innovative community
leaders came to together to create an innovative agency to support
nonprofits. This group of business and
community leaders recognized that many businesses and their employees wanted to
support their local nonprofits. They
further recognized that to offer this support in the most efficient manner a
single point of contact would be most effective in time and resources. This was
the formation of the Taproot Foundation.
Located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, They have provided over $112
Million in pro bono services to social change organizations.
They have changed the way the SFCCC Board and staff think
about SFCCC. As of this writing, we have
had two technical assistance projects, both related to branding. Through the first technical assistance
session, they guided us to strategically think and become more effective in the
messages we convey to the larger public. They have taken our very complicated agency and helped us to
re-structure our messaging. With the
new message, we will leave behind complex jargon and more effectively be able
to explain the work we offer to advance our Partner Health Centers. In the second technical assistance session, we
have created a new logo that will convey a stronger sense of partnership and
commitment to our community.
As an experienced CEO, I can unequivocally state
that there is no way we could have privately raised the over $100,000 in
volunteer services that Taproot arranged for us and that the volunteers
provided. So a huge thank you to the
founders, the Board of Directors and the staff of Taproot! SFCCC is extremely grateful for your
leadership and support of making SFCCC a more effective communicator and
nonprofit.